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LONGWOOD UPDATE
No. 35
Summer 2007
Published biannually by the Academy of Our Lady Alumnae Association
Alumnae Office has a new address
Chicago, IL 60655-8070. Our phone number will
remain the same: 773-445-2300. Volunteer database
manager Irene Burke’s e-mail: [email protected]
To the A.O.L. Convent, home of the Alumnae Office
since 1999, we bid a fond and grateful farewell. We wish
the Chicago School Sisters of Notre Dame our very best in
their new location at Divine Savior Convent, 4425 N.
Ozanam Ave., Norridge, Ill, 60706. We are filled with hope
as we begin anew in our new quarters, working to support
the Sisters in their ministries and to keep the spirit of
A.O.L. alive in our hearts and memories.
Through the generosity of Father Daniel Mallette, pastor of St. Margaret of Scotland parish, the Alumnae Office
has moved to a classroom at St. Margaret ‘s School at 98th
and Throop Street. Father Mallette is providing the space
to the Alumnae Association free of charge. We are very
grateful. For those who would like to make a donation to
St. Margaret of Scotland Church, the dues envelope with
this Update carries a box designating such gifts. Please
write a separate check for such donations.
Our new mailing address will be: Academy of Our
Lady Alumnae Association, P.O. Box 558070,
Reunion reminder
Reunion 2007 will be
Sunday, Oct. 14, a Mass at
10:30 a.m. in the Astoria
Room and brunch at 11:30
a.m. in the Grand
Ballroom of the Hilton
Oak Lawn Hotel, 94th
and Cicero Avenue, Oak
Lawn. All A.O.L. Alumnae
are invited to attend.
Classes of graduation
years ending in 2 and 7
will receive a special
salute. An invitation letter
has been sent to 5-yearanniversary classes.
Members of other classes
are invited to use the
coupon here to make
reunion reservations.
The Class of 1972 from the 1972 yearbook
REUNION RESERVATION FORM (for Sunday, Oct. 14)
I would like to attend the Reunion 2007 Mass and/or Brunch.
I am not a member of a 5-year anniversary class.
Payment ($35) is enclosed for _____ reservations.
Name
(last name when at AOL)
Address
City
State
Phone (w/area code)
Year of graduation
I would like to be seated with
E-mail
ZIP+4
Margaret Carroll
’54
Alumnae Association
President
Barbara Brady Crotty ’64
S. Jane Joyce,
SSND
S. Barbara
Bowers, SSND ’65
Alumnae Relations
Coordinator (retired)
Provincial Councilor
Atlantic-Midwest
Province
Barbara Brady Crotty ’64
From Marge Carroll:
From Sister Jane:
From Sister Barbara:
Here I go again, wishing I could
find better words than just “Thank
you” to express my gratitude for the
support that the Alumnae Association
has received since the publication of
the last Longwood Update.
In that issue, based on the statistic
of a low number of Alumnae dues payers, we made a plea for funds. And we
received many dues payments and donations. With all my heart, I thank you.
And that’s only one item on my
thank-you list. Here’s another: Because
most Alumnae Board members live on
the South Side, we felt we couldn’t
move the Alumnae Office up to the
Chicago Sisters’ new location at Divine
Savior Convent in Norridge. We asked
Father Daniel Mallette, pastor at St.
Margaret of Scotland Church, if he
might have space available for our
office, and he has generously given the
Alumnae Association a classroom in St.
Margaret’s School for that purpose.
The School Sisters of Notre Dame have
a long history at St. Margaret’s, and
many A.O.L. graduates are also St.
Margaret’s graduates. We look forward
to continuing that historic relationship.
I would also like to thank Irene
Burke, Mary Burke, Joan Bernhardt
Radtke and all the other Alumnae
Board members for their help with
recent projects and the move to our
new location. There would be no
Alumnae Office without their donations of time and effort. (We would
welcome additions to the board, so
please join us!)
Last but in no way least, I wish to
thank Sister Jane Joyce, SSND, for her
untiring service to the Alumnae Office
for more than 10 years. Sister Jane is
celebrating her diamond jubilee (60
years) as an SSND this year. She may
have officially retired from the
Alumnae Office, but I still seek her
guidance. We hope Sister Jane will
enjoy her leisure in her new home at
Marian Village in Homer Glen—along
with other retired School Sisters who
live there--but we want her to know
she’s in our hearts and we’ll stay
in touch.
I send greetings to you in this
time of transition for the Academy of
Our Lady.
On June 3 a closing ritual was held
at the convent, the last property the
School Sisters of Notre Dame owned
on that beautiful campus.
The Chicago International Charter
School, which bought the school buildings in 2002, took possession of the
convent on July 31.
At the closing ritual, prayers of
gratitude were offered for all that was
in years past. Who can count the number of Sisters and lay staff and the
thousands of women who graced the
classrooms from the first year--1874?
What a blessing and an honor it
has been for me to be associated with
A.O.L. alumnae women these past several years and to serve as the link with
the School Sisters of Notre Dame. I
will attend the Reunion and remain
connected, though in a less participative way.
My deep gratitude goes out to
Marge Carroll, president, who has
given of herself for many years. She
serves with energy and love.
Also, I am indebted to Irene Burke,
who manages the database and so
much more in the Alumnae Office. Her
expertise and dedication are commendable. Mary T. Burke, a professional graphic artist, has also contributed generously. The newsletter is
prepared for the printer by Mary, and it
is always a great professional production. Joan Radtke, a member of the
Alumnae Board, has also assisted generously by preparing this year’s final
finance report.
The Alumnae Board, a faithful,
dedicated group, meets monthly, giving
time and energy to the Association.
The board members are especially
involved at Reunion time. To all these
wonderful women, I offer my profound
gratitude. And know, alumnae women,
that I keep you, also, in prayer. May
God bless you and keep you now
and always.
A new chapter in the educational
story of A.O.L. is about to unfold as the
International Charter School assumes
ownership of the remainder of the
campus. How excited those educators
were when they first explored the possibility of the remaining buildings
becoming part of their school! They
saw that an oasis of green on 95th
Street could become an “enclosed”
educational enterprise, reaching students from pre-school to grade 12!
Thus, “the little red brick school”
will continue to serve young people,
guided by an educational vision for the
21st Century. Most importantly, dedicated educators will continue to help
each student to grow, to discover her
or his own potential and talents and to
learn her or his responsibility to
become an engaged member of society.
We School Sisters of Notre Dame
believe that our educational vision to
bring each student to fullness of
growth will fuel the spirit of learning
on the campus. We are grateful that
the former convent building will be
named the “Caroline Friess Center” for
as long as it is used for educational
purposes. Mother Caroline Friess,
SSND, was the dynamic educator who
established SSND in schools and
orphanages throughout the United
States and Canada. She sent the very
first sisters to that small building in the
middle of the prairies, at the time far
south of Chicago. Now her concern for
needy children will remain alive on the
South Side of the city.
We ask blessing for the educators
who will daily interact with the students on the A.O.L. campus. May
young learners continue to grow and
flourish there!
We also offer our sincere gratitude
to Sister Jane Joyce and Marge Carroll
and to all on the Alumnae Board who
have been instrumental in fostering
the spirit of A.O.L. May God reward
them a thousandfold for all their
untold efforts!
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O Longwood, fair Longwood—in print
The story of the
Academy of Our Lady, as
written by Sister Anne
Mayer, SSND, begins, as
all good stories do, at the
beginning--the 1874 journey of that small, courageous band of School
Sisters of Notre Dame
from Germany to the
wilderness edge of
Chicago to start a school.
And it progresses through
the journey of countless
other Sisters, clergy, and
lay teachers as they
devote themselves over
A H ISTORY OF
A CADEMY OF O UR L ADY
H IGH S CHOOL
By Sister Anne (Evangeline) Mayer, SSND
125 years on Longwood’s
garden campus to the education of girls. To receive
your copy of Sister Anne’s
paperback treasure, “A
History of the Academy of
Our Lady High School,”
please send a check or
money order for $29.50
($25 plus $4.50 for shipping and handling) to the
Academy of Our Lady
Alumnae Association, P.O.
Box 558070, Chicago, IL
60655-8070. Proceeds will
benefit the School Sisters
of Notre Dame.
With former A.O.L. Alumnae President Mary Jayne Maloney
Fahey (seated, far left) among them, the Class of 1941 turned
out for last year’s reunion. Wouldn’t it be fun to gather a group
of your classmates for this year’s reunion?
And now, from the West Coast: Members
of the Class of 1954 now California residents meet every now and then to recall
their high school days. At one such meeting, the AOL grads enjoying one another’s
company were, from left: Joan Renehan
Thompson, Nancy Thometz Sullivan, Rene
Holecek McPhee, Lynne Sheeran Tuite,
Maureen Lyons, Angela Fazio Murphy,
Kathy Morrison McGuire and Janet
Mitchell Smith.
Reminiscing about their school days during a get-together last summer in Wisconsin were (from front left):
Pat Dougherty DeFacci, Marlee Horne McCullough, Barb Dougherty Natalizio, Jerry O’Brien Keating, Collette
Farnworth Bevers, Donna Madden Gasiorowski and Pat Dwyer Morrissey. Collette graduated in 1954, the others in 1955. These friends live in different areas of the country and don’t see each other very often. Marlee
Horne McCullough, who sent the photo, said, “We all have the fondest of memories of our days at Longwood,
and believe me, I think we remembered all of them that weekend.”
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NEWS, MEMORIES, ETC.
Actress:
Since 9/11,
supporting
roles are
vital
Darlene
Camille ’61
More than five years after
September 11, 2001, New York
actress Darlene Camille ’61
remains involved with a firefighters’
support group in her Manhattan
neighborhood. Like those firefighters, she said, she lost friends in the
terrorists’ attack on the World Trade
Center towers.
“We’re like family,” Darlene said
of the empathy and solace the
group’s members provide for one
another. She has joined in the firefighters’ fight for benefits they and
other “first responders” feel they are
owed by the government.
Darlene, whose last name while
at Longwood was Chmiel, left the
Midwest after two years at Mt. Mary
College in Milwaukee. The part-time
modeling she had done while a student became her full-time career.
Eventually she moved to New York
to work in the fashion field, producing and commentating fashion shows
in addition to modeling. She has
appeared in television dramas such
as “Law and Order” and in feature
films as well.
Fondly recalling her performances in plays at A.O.L., Darlene
also remembers with gratitude her
teachers, including Sister Adele (art),
Sister Carol (voice) and Mary Cahill
(U.S. history).
Through her parish church, St.
John the Evangelist, Darlene began
volunteering soon after September
11, working in a hospital and later
helping to pick up debris. She also
worked with a local humane society
involved in rescuing injured and
abandoned animals. It was all sad
and difficult work, but she felt compelled to assist in the recovery of the
city where she now lives and works.
SSND 2007 Jubilarians with ties to
A.O.L. include S. Nora (Margaret)
O’Connor ’34, 70 years; S. Jane
Joyce, retired Alumnae Coordinator;
S. M. John Martha Knybel, librarian;
S. Helen Joseph Leffner, former
principal, counselor and Spanish
teacher; S. Nadine Ostdick, and S.
Marie Snyder ’44, 60 years; S. Mary
Lou Henderson ’55 and S. Arlene
Simon ’55, 50 years.
ers, M.A. Cralley. She researched that
piece of information further and
learned that Mary Alice Cralley
Stine ’35 is deceased. But the artist’s
daughter located members of the portrait subject’s family who would enjoy
receiving the painting. Great detective
work, with the help of Irene Burke and
the Alumnae files.
1941
Adele-Ethel Kaczkowski Reidy, who
lives in the Baltimore area, has been a
The A.O.L. alumnae president somedocent at the Walters Art Museum
times loses things, but not always
since 1982. One of her lasting memopermanently. A letter turned up
ries of A.O.L. is of Sister Mary Enrico,
recently that was sent to the Alumnae
her homeroom and Latin teacher one
Office last summer. In the letter Rose
year, encouraging students to learn
Mary Connor Riley ’33 expressed her about different religions. Adele-Ethel
pride in attending her seventh swearing found her knowledge of those religions
in of Illinois lawyers. Her son, Judge
helpful later in life in her work as a
Daniel Riley, was guest speaker at the
CCD teacher and library assistant.
swearing-in ceremony, at which his
1943
daughter, Meghan, was admitted to the
M. Lucille Toelle Schutte wrote to
Illinois bar. (Meghan’s mother is
say she remains grateful to her A.O.L.
Kathleen Kehoe Riley ’68.) Rose
teachers because although she was ill
Mary Riley’s daughter is Judge Barbara
as an A.O.L. senior and unable to parRiley. Her other sons are Judge James
ticipate in the graduation ceremony,
G. Riley, lawyers Richard and John,
the Sisters tutored her to help her comand Thomas, who is in sales. Daniel
plete her academic requirements.
and Kathy have another daughter,
June Shafer was taught to play
Mary Margaret, an elementary
tennis
by Sister Francine. That’s one of
school teacher.
June’s A.O.L. memories. Another is the
1934, 1935
way Therese Marie Cuny came into
Barbara Wolgast wrote to the A.O.L.
Longwood’s drama department on very
Alumnae Office in April for help in
short notice to direct the senior class
tracking down information about a por- play in 1943: “[She} put a cast together
trait her mother, the late Bernardine
in just three weeks. It was the first
Moenich Windauer ’34, painted of
play she directed at A.O.L.—“Letters
another student in 1934. From a name
to Lucerne.”
written on the oil painting, Ms. Wolgast
thought the student’s name might have CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE
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Crowley from those years in the A.O.L.
listings. Not long afterward, Ms.
Wolgast found among her mother’s
mementos a 1932 Longwood publication, and in that she found a freshman
class group photo listing, among oth-
1933, 1968
When will we hear your story? Please let us know your news. We love hearing from you.
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NEWS, MEMORIES, ETC.
1947
1953, 1954
Rita Wallace Stanford ’47 had studied art with Sister Adele at A.O.L., but
then her life took another direction.
After she raised her family in Texas,
she began painting again seven years
ago. At an exhibition a year or so ago,
Karen Robinson Case purchased Rita’s
oil painting, “The Old School Road,”
which depicts various aspects of
A.O.L.’s campus, including a portion of
the Administration Building. Rita’s
phone number was on the back of the
painting. Karen called her to learn
more about the school in the painting.
She, too, had attended an all-girls high
school and was interested in knowing
about another. Eventually, artist and
painting purchaser met. Rita put Karen
in touch with the Alumnae Office.
Karen called and requested information
about A.O.L., which was sent to her.
Having lived in Texas since she was 20,
Rita painted that picture from her
memories of A.O.L. She attended the
school from 4th grade through high
school. Rita’s sister, Rosemary
Wallace Delano ’42, lives in
New Mexico.
Patricia Kenneally Smetana
now lives in Homer Glen, Ill., which
she describes as “down the road apiece
from the best nuns in the [former] best
high school in Chicago or anywhere
else.” In fact, a number of retired
School Sisters of Notre Dame now live
at Marian Village in Homer Glen,
down the road apiece from Patricia’s
current home.
Florida resident Jeanne Loskill
Odom ’54 renewed acquaintance
recently with Sister Gail Marie,
SSND, (Marilynn Johnson ’53), who
lives in Chicago. In their student days,
they were members of a youth group in
St. Helena’s parish.
1950s
Mary Kay Kreteck Carlson ’52,
Alice Dargan Clark ’50 and other
alumnae of the 1950s planned an
August get-together with childhood
friends, both women and men. They
planned to gather for refreshments at
an Oak Lawn restaurant, then travel to
Rainbow Cone in the Beverly neighborhood for dessert.
1956
Mary Jane Hayes wrote from New
York State to say she’s happy she was
“found” in time for her class reunion
last year: “I believe I cried continuously all [reunion] weekend. Ah, the special treat of being Irish.”
1962
After 30 years in Connecticut,
Lorraine O’Donnell Rothgery has
returned to the Chicago area. She lives
in a south suburb.
1965
When Karen Lux Michel called the
Alumnae Office not long ago to ask a
question, she recalled that when she
was a student, water lilies sometimes
were placed in the lagoon in the form
of the letters “AOL.”
With her dues, Marion Lynch
Johnson sent a thank-you to the
Alumnae Office staff “for your
dedication to the A.O.L. Alumnae
Association.” You are very welcome,
Marion.
1967
Maureen Duffy Gorrell, now a north
suburban resident, won’t be able to
attend this year’s reunion because in
October she and her husband will visit
their daughter and son-in-law in
Arizona. But she said she’d send a message to share with her classmates.
1970
Margot Bedell Braden ’70 wrote
from Missouri to say she had retired
after nearly 30 years of service as an
in-flight purser/flight service manager
with TWA and American Airlines. She
now is working as a realtor/broker specializing in the historic “Wine Country”
Corazon needs
volunteers
The School Sisters of Notre
Dame may no longer be living in
the A.O.L. Convent at 95th and
Loomis Streets, but some of the
Sisters still work on 95th Street--a
bit farther east.
Under SSND sponsorship,
Corazon a Corazon at 9525 S.
Commercial Ave. provides individualized educational services to
Hispanic women and children
at risk.
Volunteers are needed to assist
in this work. This requires one
hour per week of tutoring an adult
in English as a Second Language
and/or helping a child with homework and math and reading skills
exercises after school. Free training is available. Knowledge of
Spanish is not required.
For more information, call
773-221-0620 or email [email protected].
Visit Corazon’s website at
www.corazon-a-corazon.org.
area just outside St. Louis, Mo. She and
her husband, Jerry, have a son, Casey,
25, and a daughter, Alexandra, 21.
1983
Donna Brinkley, who moved recently
from California to North Carolina, said
one thing she liked about the A.O.L.
reunion she attended several years ago
was mingling with women who graduated at different times from A.O.L. She
enjoyed speaking with a number of
older alumnae, and she hopes to meet
more at a future reunion.
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A R E
W I T H
In the last issue of The Longwood Update, Patricia Coyle Graham ’45 was
erroneously listed as deceased. Also, in the listing for Frank B. Reynolds, the
name of his sister, the late Ruth Reynolds Fleming ’44, was omitted. The
Update deeply regrets these errors.
Some of the alumnae listed here have been deceased for some time, but
only recently has the Alumnae Office been informed of their deaths.
1944
S. Lenore Rohr, SSND, 90, A.O.L.
Cassidy, Julie Beall, sister of Mary V.
principal 1966-69 and 1977-82, died
(Ginia) Beall Fee ’40 and Kathleen
Aug. 13 at Resurrection Life Center
Beall Duchossois ’42
in Chicago.
Flynn, Rita Cross, sister of Mary
1929
Cross O’Connor ’42
Skerrett, Burilla “Billie” Cralley,
Hornsby, Patricia McNamara
mother of Joan Skerrett McManus
’68 and Pam Skerrett Marshall ’62
1945
1932
Sheehy, Patricia O’Connor, mother
Ahern, Rita McGarr, mother of Rita
of Judy Sheehy Baptist ’72 and
Ahern DaLuga ’67, sister of Irene
Trish Sheehy ’76, sister of Margaret
McGarr Rotta ’45 and the late Ellen
O’Connor Lyman ’47
McGarr Underwood ’36
1946
Ahern, Velma Neuhalfen, mother of
Ronspies, Coletta V. sister of the late
Kathleen Ahern Lynch ’64
Marie Ronspies ’41 and the late
Lucy, Helen Smith, mother of
Eugenia Ronspies ’49
Marilyn Lucy Janulis ’58
1947
Wedster, Josephine, mother of Janet Kostal, Rosemary Flavin
Wedster Smith ’58, Marjorie
Smith, Sonja Goller
Wedster Maier ’72 and the late
Trainor, Patricia E. Burke
Rosemary Wedster Pedersen ’61
Wells, Mary Lou Thompson
1934
1948
Irwin, Marjorie Biedermann, sister
Berg, Mary L. Connelly
of the late Ruth Biedermann ’32
1949
Windauer, Bernardine Moenich
Ronspies, Eugenia, sister of the late
1935
Marie Ronspies ’41 and the late
Stine, Mary Alice Cralley
Coletta Ronspies ’46
1937
Morley, Sarah “Sally” Graver, sister 1950
of the late Shirley Graver Kowal ’38 Reidy, Mary T., sister of Dorothea
Reidy Gilligan ’39, Margaret Reidy
Paxton, LaVerne O’Reilly
Church ’48 and Patricia Reidy
1938
McNamara ’53
Husch, Leona B., sister of Lucille
1951
Husch Simpson ’40
McShane, Dolores Cavanaugh
1941
1954
Amstutz, Regina Mae Knecht
Michuda, Loretta (also a 1950 graduPiech, Mary Horn, mother of
ate of A.O.L grade school), sister of
Maryann Piech Hubbard ’67 and
Catherine Michuda Kozak ’59 and
Kathleen Piech ’70
Maryanne Michuda Lim ’63
Ready, Rita Byrnes, sister of
1957
Dorothy Byrnes Mattai ’38, the late
Ford, Jacqueline Aigner, sister of
Dolores Byrnes Swibes ’51 and the
Patricia Aigner ’54
late Rosemary Byrnes Cooper ’42
Haggerty, Judy Flynn
1943
Ryan, Mary Winifred Browne
Heffernan, Mary Joan O’Brien, sis1962
ter of Lois O’Brien Clutts ’46
McDermott, Marian Caraher, moth- Haggerty, Donna Latino
er of Carol McDermott ’71. and Ann Meade, Janith Somen
McDermott-Newman ’73, sister of
1964
the late Dorothy Caraher
Mulqueeney, Jane, sister of Nancy
Prendergast ’46
Mulqueeney Moster ’61 and Eileen
Wollenberg, Jean O’Neill, mother of Mulqueeney ’62
Debbie Wollenberg Kaczor ’73
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Sevedge, Karen Lettiere, sister of
Lauren Lettiere Slade ’66
1965
Dennis, Cheryl A.
1966
Males, Maryann Farrell
1967
McInerney, Patricia
1972
Tyler, Adria Hollins
1987
Foster, Tania
Abbeduto, Angeline, mother of
Patricia Abbeduto Meunier ’63
Beemsterboer, Mary E., mother of
Joan Beemsterboer Andrews ’70
and Eileen Beemsterboer Raspante
’73
Blanz, Elizabeth C., mother of Sharon
Blanz Cahill ’56
Callahan, Gerald, husband of Peggy
Newton Callahan ’64
Campagna, Nicholas, father of Peggy
Campagna Polecastro ’70
Chinino, Anne, mother of Patricia
Chinino Wilfinger ’64
Christian, Raymond R., father of Diane
Christian Shields ’65
Christofaro, Gregg Patrick, son of Ann
Marie Sullivan Christofaro ’52
Cismoski, Frank, husband of Jeanne
Collins Cismoski ’58, brother of
Valerie Cismoski Flagler ’59 and
Mary Cismoski Goetzinger ’64
DePersia, Catherine, mother of Irene
DePersia Hartigan ’64
Duba, Marcella, mother of Diana
Duba Caponigri ’61
Dwyer, William, brother of Monica
Dwyer Fox ’68 and Kathleen Dwyer
Sampson ’57
Fortino, Marguerite “Peg,” mother of
Sister Margaret Fortino ’50 and
Catherine Fortino Smith ’54
Freeman, Ellen M., mother of Sister
Mary Ellen Freeman, CHM ’61
Harnedy, William D., father of
Maureen Harnedy Galetto ’65 and
Lynne Harnedy Fleming ’69
Hayes, Geraldine R., mother of Susan
Hayes Martin ’69
Kelly, Cheryl A., daughter of Joan
Starshak Kelly ’44
Kienzle, Joseph, brother of Marion
O’Brien Kienzle ’54 and the late
Virginia Kinzle Crosson ’41
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P R AY E R S
A R E
Lettiere, Ruth, mother, and Lettiere,
Therese, sister of Lauren Lettiere
Slade ’66 and the late Karen Lettiere
Sevedge ’64
Mahoney, William P., husband of
Eileen Faxel Mahoney ’53, brother
of Mary Ellen Mahoney Lawrijan ’60
Marcoux, Denis John, brother of
Jeanne Marcoux Cronin ’53
McClowry, Gertrude, mother of Joan
McClowry Quillman ’60, Alice
McClowry Doherty ’61 and Celeste
McClowry Keefe ’71
Moriarty, Kathleen Maher, sister of
Judy Maher Hynes ’57
McCotter, Richard D., father of Susan
McCotter Handler ’73
O’Connor, John, husband of Muriel
“Babe” Hackett O’Connor ’40,
brother of Margaret O’Connor
Brown ’35, Rosemary O’Connor
Blakeman ’41 and Lillian O’Connor
Schaller ’45
O’Reilly, Florence, mother of Jo Ann
O’Reilly (formerly Sister Terrence,
SSND) ’59, Dr. Rita O’Reilly Pucci
’62, Mary Ellen O’Reilly DeAndrea
’63, Dr. Kathleen Halleran ’64,
W I T H
Y O U
Margaret O’Reilly Olorunsola ’68
and Maureen O’Reilly Lowe ’71
Oster, Rita M., mother of Anita Oster
Kata ’64
Racky Jr., Arthur V., brother of Denise
Racky ’69 and Margaret Racky Voris
’71
Ronan, Jean J., mother of Mary Lu
Ronan Callaghan ’65 and Jean
Ronan Norman ’64
Sevedge, Rich, husband of the late
Karen Lettiere Sevedge ’64
Shupryt, Margaret, mother of
Kathleen Shupryt August ’67
Siegel, Betty B., mother of Mary Beth
Siegel ’72
Smith, James G., father of Suzanne
Smith Kimble ’62
Soltes, Joseph W., father of Christina
Soltes McLaughlin ’66 and Laura
Soltes Broderick ’70
Swicklik, Dr. Leonard J., husband of
Mary Lou Marquardt Swicklik ’65
Witous, John Joseph, brother of
Carole Witous Kenny ’41
Zoeller, Walter, husband of Eleanor
Huddleston Zoeller ’48
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Alumna’s son dies
in Iraq
Our deepest sympathy goes to
Nancy Blough Bacevich ’67, and
her husband, Dr. Andrew J.
Bacevich, on the death of their son,
Army 1st Lt. Andrew Bacevich, who
died in Iraq on May 13. Lt. Bacevich,
27, was killed by the explosion of
an improvised device while he was
on patrol. He had been stationed in
Iraq since last October. The
Bacevich family lives in
Massachusetts.
Lt. Bacevich’s father is a professor of history and international relations at Boston University and a
retired Army colonel. He served in
Vietnam and the Gulf wars, but he
has been outspoken in his opposition to the Iraq war. One of his
books is titled “The New American
Militarism: How Americans are
Seduced by War.” But Dr. Bacevich
has stated that he knew his son
wanted to serve his country as
he had.
Among Lt. Bacevich’s survivors
are several aunts who graduated
from A.O.L.: Patricia Blough
Gately ’62, Sister Mary Robert
(Maureen Blough) ’63, Diane
Blough Martenson ’64, Karen
Blough Kedley ’69, Mary Beth
Blough Hennessy ’72, Jeanette
Blough ’74 and Karen Blough
Hartrich ’75.
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